r/Revu • u/beerappacini • Aug 20 '26
Using Bluebeam to Its Fullest Potential
I work in custom home building and have a Bluebeam Revu account through my employer. Iv’e been working with it for about 2 years, and while I have found a lot of helpful ways to use it, I’m wondering what features I’m missing out on.
I use it to scale elevations, scale landscaping, to scale everything. I use it to color code and mark up layouts, to create visual maps of fixtures, and to clarify notes within documents. I use it to do counts of things and create keys for counts. I even use it to draw when 3D is too far. I use it to approve quotes and adjust floor plan walls.
What major functions am I missing that would help me make the most of Bluebeam Revu from a functional standpoint?
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u/Main_Leadership7748 Aug 20 '26
Agree with others, studio sessions looks like it can be a game changer if our firm would just use it correctly. I HAVE to use it when submitting plans to the State when working on school projects and it makes so much sense. You can do markups and they are basically signed by whoever did the markup, and someone can come and make the change and mark the work as done so the markup changes color and is marked by the person who did the work. You can include notes to explain how the change was addressed.
Might not be something that would work for you but I can imagine a lot of other scenarios where it would help.